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July 11, 2008

G95: Orioles 7, Red Sox 3

After two were out in the bottom of the ninth, Boston loaded the bases, bringing the tying run to the plate, but Youkilis fanned.

Buchholz (5-5-4-5-6, 107) had a rough first (single, double, three walks) and a rough fifth (single, triple, two walks), but looked great in the middle. He struck out the side in the third, then fanned two of the three batters he faced in a perfect fourth.

Pedroia went 0-for-3 with two walks, ending a 17-game hitting streak. Ramirez and Moss both had two hits. Lugo had two RBI, the third time this season he has driven in more than one run in as game.

717 comments:

Joba and Halladay...That shouldbe fun.....with the way the redsox have hadled the staff this year its like every starter besides wake has had like 2 or more starts off...with either minor injuries or made up ones. I am still not sure what happend to HH in the first place....They all should be well rested for the stretch run.....and Lester will get like 8-10 days off here with the break....

From PAGE SIX:YANKEE commentator Michael Kay alone on his day off, watching the Bronx Bombers at the bar at the new Indian Wells Tavern in Amagansett while downing a few Michelob Ultra Lights and fiddling with his cellphone.

YANKEES radio announcer John Sterling is being called out for foul behavior in the stadium's press dining room. "Sterling has made a habit of walking over to the dessert table and dipping his finger into the ice cream barrel," one stadium worker told us, adding that the play-by-play vet has also used the same tablespoon to repeatedly take samples. During the Boston series, "He wandered over to the cake and pie section, broke off a piece of a cake slice, ate it and wiped his grimy hands on the linen tablecloth, leaving the remainder of the slice for someone else to eat - which indeed happened," our spy continued. A rep for WCBS Radio declined to comment, and a team spokesman said the Yankees "know nothing about it."

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TIMMY: What are you doing?

GEORGE: What?

TIMMY: Did ... did you just double-dip that chip?

GEORGE: Excuse me?

TIMMY: You double-dipped the chip!

GEORGE: "Double-dipped"? What are you talking about?

TIMMY: You dipped the chip. You took a bite. [points at the dip] And you dipped again.

GEORGE: So...?

TIMMY: That's like putting your whole mouth right in the dip! From now on, when you take a chip -- just take one dip and end it!

I for one could care less about 2 runs. We can score that without ever leaving the dugout (OK,maybe that's stretching it).I'm not crazy about the fact that we gave up 2 in the 1st inning though. We can't do that many more times, unless of course we decide to go on another 23 hit onslaught.

To parody myself, I suppose I could talk about what happened in the Bar.

Yesterday as I went in to make sure the Yankees lost, a hopelessly destructive meth-head right out of jail barged in. The Bar Dog backed away and barked at him -- she is an excellent judge of character. Minutes later, he had to be taken outside, and all the tough-guy regulars were bristling for violence. Fortunately, the owner has sense and was able to defuse it. For a long time afterwards, people barely half the ex-con's size were discussing how they were going to thrash him. I got tired of this (and just plain tired) and left.

I would like to say that I'm parodying myself, but it's the damn truth -- how sad is that?

Did you know there is a small part of New England that the NEW ENGLAND Sports Network does not broadcats to? Well, there is. And I lived there. So you remember that. Or wait 10 minutes until I tell you again!